MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

pax(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities pax(1)
Messages
Message: allocating compress buffer: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: Run the archive through the uncompress program, and pipe the output into
this program.
Message: allocating I/O buffer: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: Try using a smaller archive blocking factor.
Message: archive file name >number characters
Cause: The archive contained a path name that was longer than that permitted on the
local system.
Action: Re-create the archive using a shorter relative path.
Message: bad format in header
Cause: Either the wrong file was passed, or the file has been corrupted.
Action: Check your archive file.
Message: bad magic number in archive
Cause: Either the wrong file was passed, or the file has been corrupted.
Action: Check your archive file.
Message: bad replacement string: "sub_pattern", regular expression error
Cause: You specified an invalid regular expression as a substitution pattern with the –s
option; see regerror(3) for detailed errors.
Action: See regerror(3).
Message: bad substitution expression: "sub_pattern"
Cause: You invoked with a –s option, but the sub_pattern argument was empty, or did
not contain a leading delimiter.
Action: Specify a valid sub_pattern argument, such as –s old/new.
Message: badly formed number: "number"
Cause: You specified an invalid number as the argument of a –b option.
Action: Specify a valid number.
Message: blocking factor must be at least 512 for read opera-
tions
Cause: You specified a blocking factor of less than 512 bytes and attempted to perform
read operations.
Action: Use the –b option to specify a block size of at least 512 bytes.
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